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E.J. Pratt Library


Located on the Victoria University campus, the E.J. Pratt Library collection numbers approximately 250,000 items and contains books, periodicals, documents, pamphlets and specialized material, excluding theology, which support undergraduate studies at Victoria University.

General Collections include:
  • Canadian Studies
  • Classics
  • English
  • French
  • German literature
  • History
  • Near Eastern Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Religious Studies

Special Collections Include:
  • William Blake
  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • Northrop Frye
  • E.J. Pratt
  • John Wesley
  • Virginia Woolf / Bloomsbury
  • and many others.

Victoria University Library maintains a number of special collections in various subject areas. Included in the collections are printed books, manuscripts and papers. Many of the items are catalogued, and inventories and finding aids are available for the manuscript collections.

Material for this collection provided by: E.J. Pratt Library, Victoria University

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Cohasset High School (Cohasset, Mass.)--Students--Yearbooks
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the selectmen
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wordsworth, william, 1770-1850
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arber, edward, 1836-1912
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lytton, edward bulwer lytton, baron, 1803-1873
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thackeray, william makepeace, 1811-1863
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A dictionary of slang and colloquial English
by Farmer, John Stephen, 1845?-1915?; Henely, William Ernest, 1849-1903
texts
eye 66,333
favorite 17
comment 0
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Topic: English language -- Slang Dictionaries
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The complete works of Friedrich Nietzsche : the first complete and authorized English translation
by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Levy, Oscar Ludwig, 1867-
texts
eye 46,667
favorite 19
comment 1
( 1 reviews )
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English compound words and phrases : a reference list with statement of principles and rules
by Teall, Francis Horace
texts
eye 45,311
favorite 2
comment 0
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Topic: English language -- Compound words
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Little women, or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
by Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
texts
eye 34,776
favorite 3
comment 0
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Lucan : the civil war books I-X (Pharsalia)
by Lucan, 39-65; Duff, J. D. (James Duff), 1860-1940
texts
eye 29,463
favorite 12
comment 0
Latin and English on opposite pages
Topic: Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C
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Vol 1: On the Latin language
by Varro, Marcus Terentius; Kent, Roland G. (Roland Grubb), 1877-1952
texts
eye 25,726
favorite 11
comment 0
English and Latin on opposite pages
Topic: Latin language
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700 limerick lyrics; a collection of choice humorous versifications
by Vaughn, Stanton
texts
eye 25,560
favorite 5
comment 0
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Topic: Limericks
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Persuasion
by Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
texts
eye 25,145
favorite 5
comment 0
1st ed. published 1818
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An Anglo-Saxon dictionary : based on the manuscript collections of the late Joseph Bosworth. Supplement
by Toller, T. Northcote (Thomas Northcote), 1844-1930; Bosworth, Joseph, 1789-1876
texts
eye 20,247
favorite 7
comment 0
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Topic: English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 Dictionaries English
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A dictionary of English homonyms : pronouncing and explanatory
by Bey, A.F. Inglott
texts
eye 17,705
favorite 1
comment 0
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Topic: English language -- Homonyms
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Lord Byron's Cain, a mystery : with notes, wherein the religion of the Bible is considered, in reference to acknowledged philosophy and reason
by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824; Grant, Harding
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eye 17,484
favorite 4
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
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Vol 1: Anglo-Saxon and Old English vocabularies
by Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877; Wülker, Richard Paul, 1845-1910
texts
eye 15,324
favorite 4
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v. 1. Vocabularies. --v. 2. Indices
Topics: English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 Glossaries, vocabularies, etc, English language --...
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Vol 3: Dionysiaca
by Nonnus, of Panopolis; Frye, Northrop. Marginalia; Rouse, W. H. D. (William Henry Denham), 1863-1950; Rose, H. J. (Herbert Jennings), 1883-1961; Lind, L. R. (Levi Robert), 1906-
texts
eye 15,036
favorite 8
comment 0
Greek and English on opposite pages
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Marlowe's Edward II
by Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593; Briggs, William Dinsmore
texts
eye 14,541
favorite 2
comment 0
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Topic: Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327
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Vol 1: The complete poems of Emily Brontë
by Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848; Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926; Nicoll, W. Robertson (William Robertson), Sir, 1851-1923
texts
eye 14,239
favorite 4
comment 0
35
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Paradise lost
by Milton, John, 1608-1674; Verity, A. W. (Arthur Wilson), 1863-1937
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eye 14,189
favorite 6
comment 0
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The Canadian Bookman
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The Canadian Bookman This was a specialized periodical dedicated to promoting the literary and artistic culture of Canada. Its focus was books and authors, literary criticism, publishing, book-selling and the library profession. The Bookman commenced publication in 1914 in Toronto as a monthly and lasted for one year. The periodical re-emerged, briefly, in 1915 as The Canadian Bookseller & Library Journal and, finally, took hold as the Canadian Bookman in 1919 to last twenty-two years,...
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Vol 3: Ad Lucilium epistulae morales
by Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D; Gummere, Richard Mott, 1883-
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eye 12,128
favorite 4
comment 0
Latin and English on opposite pages
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Aristotle's criticisms of Plato
by Watson, James McLean
texts
eye 11,943
favorite 3
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Topics: Aristotle, Plato
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Cursor mundi : the cursur o the world : a Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions, two of them Midland, from the Cotton ms ...
by Morris, Richard, 1833-1894
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eye 11,395
favorite 1
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Vol 1: Dionysiaca
by Nonnus, of Panopolis; Frye, Northrop. Marginalia; Rouse, W. H. D. (William Henry Denham), 1863-1950; Rose, H. J. (Herbert Jennings), 1883-1961; Lind, L. R. (Levi Robert), 1906-
texts
eye 11,099
favorite 12
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Greek and English on opposite pages
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Catholicon Anglicum : an English-Latin wordbook dated 1483
by Herrtage, Sidney John Hervon
texts
eye 10,947
favorite 1
comment 0
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Topics: English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 Dictionaries Latin, Latin language -- Dictionaries...
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English idioms
by Dixon, James Main, 1856-1933
texts
eye 10,877
favorite 5
comment 0
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Topics: English language -- Idioms, corrections, errors, English language -- Dictionaries
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The Hague conventions and declarations of 1899 and 1907, accompanied by tables of signatures, ratifications and adhesions of the various powers, and texts of reservations; edited by James Brown Scott, director
by International Peace Conference. (1st : 1899 : Hague, Netherlands); Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Division of International Law; International Peace Conference. (2nd : 1907 : Hague, Netherlands); Scott, James Brown, 1866-1943
texts
eye 10,338
favorite 1
comment 0
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Topic: Arbitration, International
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Vol 2: Dionysiaca
by Nonnus, of Panopolis; Frye, Northrop. Marginalia; Rouse, W. H. D. (William Henry Denham), 1863-1950; Rose, H. J. (Herbert Jennings), 1883-1961; Lind, L. R. (Levi Robert), 1906-
texts
eye 10,320
favorite 11
comment 0
Greek and English on opposite pages
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On early English pronunciation : with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day ...
by Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890
texts
eye 10,173
favorite 1
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Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400, English language -- Phonology, English...
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Vol 4: On early English pronunciation : with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day ...
by Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890
texts
eye 9,956
favorite 1
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400, English language -- Phonology, English...
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The dream of the rood : an old English poem attributed to Cynewulf
by Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927
texts
eye 9,677
favorite 2
comment 0
Bibliography: p. lix-lx
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Vol 4: Merlin ; or, The early history of King Arthur : a prose romance (about 1450-1460 A.D.)
by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin, 1838-1917; Mead, William Edward, 1860-; Stuart-Glennie, John S; Nash, David William, 1809 or 10-1876
texts
eye 9,481
favorite 5
comment 0
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Topic: Arthur, King
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Vol 9: Literature
by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900
texts
eye 9,437
favorite 0
comment 0
No. 64-221 also called v. 4-9
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The "art" of rhetoric
by Aristotle; Freese, John Henry
texts
eye 8,927
favorite 11
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxii-xxxiv) and indexes
Topic: Rhetoric, Ancient
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Vol 3: On early English pronunciation : with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day ...
by Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890
texts
eye 8,744
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400, English language -- Phonology, English...
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The beautiful and damned
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
texts
eye 8,652
favorite 2
comment 0
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Early English meals and manners : with some forewords on education in Early England
by Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910
texts
eye 8,406
favorite 8
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Home economics -- England, Education -- England, Etiquette, Medieval, Table, England -- Social life...
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Caxton's Eneydos, 1490
by Virgil; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491; Culley, Mathew Tewart, 1832-1889; Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910; Salverda de Grave, Jean Jacques, 1863-
texts
eye 8,362
favorite 2
comment 0
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Topic: Enéas (Romance)
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Vol 3: The Institutio oratoria of Quintilian
by Quintilian; Butler, Harold Edgeworth, 1878-1951
texts
eye 7,788
favorite 4
comment 0
Bibliography: v. 1, p. xi-xiii
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Vol 1: The complete poems of Sir John Davies
by Davies, John, 1565?-1618
texts
eye 7,740
favorite 3
comment 0
35
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The complete works of Friedrich Nietzsche : the first complete and authorized English translation
by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Levy, Oscar Ludwig, 1867-
texts
eye 7,512
favorite 8
comment 1
( 1 reviews )
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Imagines
by Philostratus, the Athenian, 2nd/3rd cent; Philostratus, the Lemnian, 3rd cent; Callistratus, 3rd or 4th cent. Descriptions; Fairbanks, Arthur, 1864-1944
texts
eye 7,508
favorite 6
comment 0
Greek and English on opposite pages
Topics: Painting, Painting, Greco-Roman
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Significant etymology ; or, Roots, stems, and branches of the English language
by Mitchell, James, 1830-1911
texts
eye 7,361
favorite 2
comment 0
Includes index
Topic: English language -- Etymology
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Vol 7: The Roxburghe ballads
by Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888
texts
eye 7,348
favorite 1
comment 0
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Topic: English ballads and songs
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Vol 4: The Institutio oratoria of Quintilian
by Quintilian; Butler, Harold Edgeworth, 1878-1951
texts
eye 7,208
favorite 4
comment 0
Bibliography: v. 1, p. xi-xiii
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Hand-book of pronunciation and phonetic analysis : designed for use in schools and colleges
by Bechtel, John Hendricks, b. 1841
texts
eye 7,173
favorite 2
comment 0
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Topic: English language -- Pronunciation
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Anne's house of dreams
by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942
texts
eye 7,080
favorite 2
comment 0
Frontispiece missing
Canadian Libraries
Anthologia latina, sive, poesis latinae supplementum
texts
eye 7,028
favorite 3
comment 0
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Topic: Inscriptions, Latin
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Vol 2: Questions and answers on Exodus
by Philo, of Alexandria; Marcus, Ralph, 1900-1956
texts
eye 6,963
favorite 3
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topic: Bible
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Babylonian magic and sorcery : being "The prayers of the lifting of the hand", the cuneiform texts of a group of Babylonian and Assyrian incantations and magical formulae edited with transliterations, translations and full vocabulary from tablets of the Kuyunjik collections preserved in the British Museum
by King, L. W. (Leonard William), 1869-1919
texts
eye 6,877
favorite 9
comment 0
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Topics: Akkadian language -- Texts, Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian, Magic, Assyro-Babylonian
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Vol 5: The Celtic review
texts
eye 6,820
favorite 1
comment 0
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Topic: Celtic literature
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Latin Quarter = Scènes de la vie de Bohème
by Murger, Henri, 1822-1861
texts
eye 6,583
favorite 0
comment 0
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The romance of William of Palerne (otherwise known as The romance of William and the werwolf)
by Guillaume de Palerne; Alisaunder; Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912
texts
eye 6,394
favorite 1
comment 0
35
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Charles Dickens in America
by Wilkins, William Glyde, 1854-1921
texts
eye 6,384
favorite 2
comment 0
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Topic: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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Selected epigrams of Martial
by Martial; Post, Edwin, 1851-
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eye 6,368
favorite 2
comment 0
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Topic: Epigrams
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Vol 2: On the Latin language
by Varro, Marcus Terentius; Kent, Roland G. (Roland Grubb), 1877-1952
texts
eye 6,245
favorite 5
comment 0
English and Latin on opposite pages
Topic: Latin language
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Vol 5: The complete works of Friedrich Nietzsche : the first complete and authorized English translation
by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Levy, Oscar Ludwig, 1867-
texts
eye 6,108
favorite 3
comment 0
Vol. 5
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Ten one-act plays
by Gerstenberg, Alice
texts
eye 6,059
favorite 1
comment 0
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Topic: One-act plays
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A high school English grammar
by Jones, George Mallory, 1873-1940; Horning, Lewis Emerson, 1858-; Morrow, John D
texts
eye 6,021
favorite 2
comment 0
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Topic: English language -- Grammar
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Rustic speech and folk-lore
by Wright, Elizabeth Mary, 1863-
texts
eye 6,019
favorite 2
comment 0
"Select list of works consulted": p. [xiii]-xvii
Topics: English language -- Dialects, Folklore -- England
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Vol 1: Lydgate's Troy book. A.D. 1412-20
by Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?; Colonne, Guido delle, 13th cent; Benoît, de Sainte-More, 12th cent; Bergen, Henry, 1873-; Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910
texts
eye 5,988
favorite 7
comment 0
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Topic: Troy (Extinct city) -- Romances, legends, etc
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Vol 5: Literature
by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900
texts
eye 5,790
favorite 1
comment 0
No. 64-221 also called v. 4-9
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Vol 7: Literature
by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900
texts
eye 5,783
favorite 0
comment 0
No. 64-221 also called v. 4-9
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The poems of Anne Countess of Winchilsea : from the original edition of 1713 and from unpublished manuscripts
by Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720; Reynolds, Myra
texts
eye 5,737
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Vol 2: The Celtic review
texts
eye 5,554
favorite 4
comment 0
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Topic: Celtic literature
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Vol 5: Tacitus : [in five volumes]
by Tacitus, Cornelius
texts
eye 5,538
favorite 5
comment 0
Latin and English on opposite pages
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The collected poems of James Elroy Flecker
by Flecker, James Elroy, 1884-1915; Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958
texts
eye 5,529
favorite 1
comment 0
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Vol 1: Questions and answers on Genesis
by Philo, of Alexandria; Marcus, Ralph, 1900-1956
texts
eye 5,510
favorite 3
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topic: Bible
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Notes on English etymology : chiefly reprinted from the Transactions of the Philological Society
by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912
texts
eye 5,472
favorite 0
comment 0
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Topic: English language -- Etymology
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Vol 10: The Celtic review
texts
eye 5,466
favorite 0
comment 0
35
Topic: Celtic literature
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Connectives of English speech : the correct usage of prepositions, conjunctions, relative pronouns and adverbs explained and illustrated
by Fernald, James Champlin, 1838-1918
texts
eye 5,422
favorite 1
comment 0
35
Topics: English language -- Grammar, English language -- Particles
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Vol 8: The Celtic review
texts
eye 5,410
favorite 0
comment 0
35
Topic: Celtic literature
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Old English chronicles : including Ethelwerd's chronicle, Asser's Life of Alfred, Geoffrey of Monmouth's British history, Gildas, Nennius, together with the spurious Chronicle of Richard of Cirencester
by Giles, J. A. (John Allen), 1808-1884
texts
eye 5,405
favorite 8
comment 0
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Topics: Great Britain -- History Sources, Great Britain -- History To 1066
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Vol 1: Literature
by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900
texts
eye 5,351
favorite 0
comment 0
No. 64-221 also called v. 4-9
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A Biblical and theological dictionary
texts
eye 5,252
favorite 3
comment 0
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An essay concerning human understanding
by Locke, John, 1632-1704
texts
eye 5,249
favorite 7
comment 0
Topic: Knowledge, Theory of
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Vol 6: Literature
by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900
texts
eye 5,219
favorite 0
comment 0
No. 64-221 also called v. 4-9
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Vol 36: Patrologiae cursus completus... Series graeca... Accurante J.P. Migne
by Migne, J.-P. (Jacques-Paul), 1800-1875
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eye 5,218
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t. 3-4. S. Dionysius Areopagita.--t. 6. S. Justinus philosophus et martyr, Tatianus, Athenagoras Atheniensis, S. Theophilus Antiochenus, Hermias.--t. 10. Romani pontifices saeculi iv ineuntis, S. Gregorius Thaumaturgus, S. Hippolytus Portuensis, Dionysius Alexandrinus, Julius Africanus, alii.--t. 15. Origenis.--t. 16. Origenis (3 pts).--t. 35-38. S. Gregorius Nazianzenus.--t. 44-46. S. Gregorius Nyssenus.--t. 65. S. Proclus, S. Atticus, S. Flavianus Cp., Severianus Gabalitanus, Theophilus...
Topic: Christian literature, Early -- Greek authors

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